Hello everyone and welcome to the Collected Edition – a comic book podcast where we explore celebrated story-arcs from comics and creators throughout the entirety of history.

On this episode we discuss the acclaimed seriesUltimate Comics Spider-Man Vol. 2: Scorpion written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Chris Samee and Sara Pichelli. This is the first time Brian has read any Miles Morales stories and with his … let’s say aversion…to Bendis’ writing style this leads to some lively conversation about how a story can and should be told.

Also on the program we have a rambling discussion of the newly released Netflix series The Defenders. We both really liked the program though you might not be able to tell with how we actually talk about it. And we discuss the possibility of a new Joker origin film produced by Martin Scorsese. Is this really necessary? Spoilers: no.

So join us – Paul Matthew Carr and Brian K. Reese – for a lively and rambling and hopefully entertaining discussion on comics and comic related material.